Speaking of this person, his identity is quite prominent: he is the son-in-law of Li Keyong and the godson of Yelu Abaoji. He is Wang Yu, the son of Wang Chuzhi, the former Dingzhou Yiwujun Jiedu.
"History of Liao" says that he is Wang Chuzhi's "evil son". The words are concise, concise and easy to understand.
After the death of Wang Chucun, the governor of the Yiwu Army in Dingzhou, the three armies supported his son Wang Gao. When Zhu Wen defeated Heshuo, Wang Gao sent his uncle Wang Chuzhi to lead troops to resist. Wang Chuzhi was defeated and immediately launched a mutiny and called himself After staying, Wang Gao abandoned the city and fled to Hedong. Because Wang Yu was not loved by his father Wang Chuzhi, he abandoned his biological father and fled to Hedong with his cousin Wang Gao. Li Keyong married his daughter to him and granted him the title of defense envoy of Xinzhou.
Zhang Wenli of Zhenzhou killed Wang Rong and started a rebellion, and Li Cunxu sent troops to attack. Zhen and Ding were closely related to each other. Wang Chuzhi was worried about being annexed by Li Cunxu, so he ordered Wang Yu to collude with Khitan for help. Wang Yu defected to Khitan and was recognized as his adopted son by Yelu Abaoji. From then on, he became a domestic slave with three surnames.
Later, Wang Yu became a hard-core traitor, helping the Khitans to invade the Central Plains southward, following the "imperial army" to kill here and there, and made a lot of achievements.
After the death of Yelu Abaoji, Wang Yu's wife (daughter of Li Keyong) cried in front of the Queen Mother Shulu, to the effect that she missed her hometown. Since we, husband and wife, had served our godfather for many years, and now that his godfather had left, we wanted to return to our hometown. , I also visited the grave of my biological father.
"Okay." Queen Mother Shulu took her hand and expressed her reluctance to leave her. She said a lot of words about her daughter and daughter-in-law. The scene was very emotional and touching.
At this time, Wang Yu jumped out and angrily scolded his prodigal wife, "If the godfather is gone, doesn't there still be a godmother?" Then with tears streaming down his face, he expressed his loyalty to the Empress Dowager Shulu, "I am the godmother. The son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty, now that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty has been killed (Li Cunxu was killed), how can we, husband and wife, be tolerated? You are our biological mother, and I am willing to serve my biological mother for the rest of my life!"
We are born as Khitan people, and we die as Khitan souls. Khitans are all human beings.
But Queen Mother Shulu was so moved that she said in person: "Among the Han people, Wang Lang is the most loyal and filial!"
However, Wang Yu also died of illness soon after, and the Khitan people lost another guide heading south to the Central Plains.
The "Path-Leading Party" fled to death, which became one of the reasons why the Khitan was unwilling to launch a large-scale southward war.
When Li Congke first became emperor, Yelu Bei sent a secret letter to inform him of the situation in the Central Plains, leaking the reality of the Central Plains, pointing out that now was a good opportunity to invade the Central Plains, and imploring Yelu Deguang to send troops south.
Therefore, the Khitans decided to take advantage of the situation, and Yelu Deguang finally led his troops southward, using the war to accumulate prestige and gain power.
This time, the main route of the Khitan army chose Yunzhou, which is northeast of Hezhou, because Zhao Dejun has been operating in Youzhou for many years and is a tough nut to crack.
It was precisely because of this large-scale harassment by the Khitans that Li Congke sent Shi Jingtang back to Hedong to resist the Khitans.
After the defeat in Dingzhou last time, Yelu Deguang played very cautiously this time, forming a confrontation with Shi Jingtang, waiting for a turnaround.
At this time, Li Song and Lu Qi made suggestions for Li Congke, advocating reconciliation with the Khitan. "In order to fight foreign affairs, we must first settle the domestic affairs," and deal with Shi Jingtang first. As a result, he was blocked by "angry youth" Xue Wenyu.
History gave Li Congke a chance, but he failed to grasp it.
Next, history fairly gave Shi Jingtang a chance. Shi Jingtang's counselors Zhao Ying, Sang Weihan and others also proposed to seek help from the Khitan and deal with Li Congke first.
Zhao Ying first sent an envoy to the Khitan to ask for assistance.
Yelv Deguang, who was eager to go south to perform meritorious service, immediately asked Empress Dowager Shulu for instructions, saying that Li Congke had committed regicide and established himself on his own. People and gods were outraged. We were doing justice for heaven, and we were justified. He asked the queen mother for permission to go south!
The Queen Mother Shulu is very scheming and resourceful. Are these high-sounding words meant for outsiders to do justice for heaven and support justice? What are the benefits? The Khitans are not philanthropists, and the world’s policemen also need to eat.
Being reserved does not mean refusing, but asking for a price. Wait for a price that makes you excited.
The war in Hedong at that time was as follows: Zhang Jingda and Yang Guangyuan surrounded Taiyuan and fought fiercely; Li Congke ordered Fan Yanguang to lead troops from Weizhou to the west, across the Taihang Mountains, and support from the southeast of Taiyuan; ordered Zhao Dejun to go west from Youzhou, across the northern part of the Taihang Mountains, and from Northeastern Taiyuan support.
In particular, the strategic purpose of Zhao Dejun's army was to intercept the Khitan reinforcements and outflank the Khitan army from behind.
It can be seen that Li Congke is experienced in the battlefield after all. Although he is not good at governing the country, he is still remarkable in terms of military deployment and commanding large-scale army operations.
However, contrary to expectations, the most important armed force, Youzhou Zhao Dejun, had other ideas.
If the "powerful factions" in the late Ming Dynasty were ranked according to their comprehensive strength, they should be Zhao Dejun, Shi Jingtang, Li Congke, and Fan Yanguang.
Therefore, after Li Congke ascended the throne, he tried his best to win over these three big bosses, such as promoting Zhao Yanshou (the adopted son of Zhao Dejun) to a noble rank, letting Shi Jingtang return to the town, and marrying Fan Yanguang (the prince Li Chongmei married Fan Yanguang's daughter).
Now that Shi Jingtang has openly rebelled, Li Congke's wishful thinking is of course to drive the tiger away from the wolf and let Zhao Dejun and Fan Yanguang help him vindicate himself.
Zhao Dejun also had his own little plan. When the news of Shi Jingtang's rebellion came, Zhao Dejun was extremely happy. Thinking that there are rare goods to live in, I also want to take advantage of them. The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy means you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Zhao Dejun also knew that Li Congke had to rely on his Youzhou power to counter Hedong Shi Jingtang, so he took the opportunity to blackmail and force Li Congke to give him greater benefits.
Zhao Dejun's ultimate goal is to eat up the Heshuo area and make the east of the Taihang Mountains and the north of the Yellow River his own sphere of influence. After receiving the order to advance westward, Zhao Dejun did not follow Li Congke's order to outflank the northern Taihang Mountains. Instead, he adjusted the march route southward, even surpassing Wei Bo and Fan Yanguang's march route and going further south than Fan Yanguang.
If he did this, Zhao Dejun's troops would cross the entire Heshuo area, so Zhao Dejun pretended to have the emperor's edict and ordered the troops from the prefectures and counties along the way to follow him. In other words, Zhao Dejun pretended to be a tiger and used the imperial edict as a cover to legitimately annex the troops in the Heshuo area and occupy the land in the Heshuo area without spending a single soldier.
The troops he annexed include Liu Zaiming, commander-in-chief of the Northern Group Army (commander of the northern camp capital) and governor of Zhaozhou; Dong Wenqi, deputy commander-in-chief of the Northern Group Army and military commander of Zhenzhou Chengde Army.
In this way, Zhao Dejun also complained to Shangshu that the number of troops was too small and that he had to join forces with the Luzhou West Zhaoyi Army and then go north together.
Luzhou West Zhaoyi Army is located to the west of Taihang Mountain. Zhao Dejun was like a beast that couldn't fill its stomach. Not only did he want to eat the land east of the Taihang Mountains, he also extended his greedy claws to the west of the Taihang Mountains.
